Pay & Benefits
Trump’s Bureaucracy is Nearly as White, Male, and Unequal as His Cabinet
Trump's mid-level appointees are 27 percentage points whiter and 13 points more male than the country as a whole.
Pay & Benefits
Leaked Compensation Proposals Could Have ‘Huge’ Repercussions for Civil Service
Advocates, observers fear a degradation in the government’s recruitment abilities.
Management
Postal Service Asks Employees to Volunteer to Relocate to Puerto Rico
The agency will not provide any travel or lodging reimbursements.
Pay & Benefits
Report: White House Officials Backed 2019 Pay Freeze, $300 Billion in Cuts to Employee Compensation
Memo leaked to liberal news site also proposes eliminating FERS defined benefit program and retiree health benefits for new hires.
Pay & Benefits
5 Things You Should Do to Prepare for Health Benefits Open Season
For many federal employees and retirees, this is a time of frustration and confusion.
Pay & Benefits
Senate Approves Budget Plan, Setting Up Fight Over Fed Benefit Cuts
The House version of the resolution includes $32 billion in cuts, likely to employee retirement and health insurance programs.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Urge Reversal of Defense Per Diem Cuts, Senate Debates Budget Resolution and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management
Trump Administration’s Plan to Expand Private Care for Vets Sparks Fight Over VA's Future
Some stakeholders prepare for battle, while others take wait-and-see approach.
Pay & Benefits
Women Still Underrepresented in the Highest-Paid Federal Jobs
The situation has improved over the past decade, but it remains the case that the more a job pays, the more likely it is to be filled by a man.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker Seeks Locality Pay Parity Between Blue and White Collar Feds
Hourly workers’ locality wages are currently determined by decades-old map of military installations.
Management
How Trump’s End to Obamacare Subsidies Increases the Threat of a Government Shutdown
White House also calls for Congress to cancel $5.6 billion in agency appropriations.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Retirees to Receive Biggest Cost-of-Living Bump Since 2012
The 2 percent increase will take effect starting with December benefits.
Pay & Benefits
Are You Mentally Prepared for Retirement?
You need to visualize your life after your federal career is over.
Pay & Benefits
Ousted Local Officials Accuse Largest Federal Employee Union of ‘Sloppy Coup’
AFGE put its Labor Department local in trusteeship over spending on a settlement distribution event.
Pay & Benefits
House Approves TSP Modernization Bill
First update to retirement savings program in 30 years would provide more withdrawal flexibility for participants.
Pay & Benefits
House Approves Bill to Give Cost-Saving Feds $20,000 Bonuses
Measure would double current awards and give agency heads the authority to dole them out.
Pay & Benefits
A Small Dent in the Retirement Backlog, Tips for Feds to Prevent Opioid Abuse, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
House Proposal for Federal Employee Health Program Could Decimate Workers’ Benefits
Plan would drastically shift premium costs to workers, groups say.
Management
House Authorizes Hiring Spree of 10,000 Feds
Measure would double Trump's request, while also authorizing the president's proposed border wall.
Pay & Benefits